TREYNOR -- AHSTW standouts Jaycie Schueman and Gage Clay both claimed two individual gold medals Tuesday night and were part of the school’s five total wins at the Western Iowa Conference Co-Ed Track Meet held in Treynor. The girls and boys teams from IKM-Manning and AHSTW all placed in the lower half of the point standings but were able to combine for six event championships and score 51 times on a perfect night for competition. Schueman’s f

 WOODBINE -- A victory in the 4x800 relay highlighted Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton’s night as the Spartan boys placed third out of 10 teams in Monday’s Rolling Valley Conference Co-Ed Track Championships at Woodbine. Adding on eight other top-three finishes, the Spartans placed 18 times in 17 events overall and scored 81 points to trail only three-time boys champion Boyer Valley (121) and Woodbine (110). The Exira-EHK girls, meanwhile, placed in

 DES MOINES -- University of South Dakota senior Jessica Feldman competed in her seventh and final Drake Relays last weekend, running in a pair of relays for the Coyote women’s track team on the blue oval inside Drake Stadium.

 DES MOINES -- High school champions were crowned in 20 individual events at the 108th annual Drake Relays this past weekend. In nearly every instance, the 2017 flag-winner was already a household name among state track and field followers and ranked at or near the top of the meet’s qualifier list. Except for one. Harlan Community junior Nick Foss pulled off a win that was equal parts unlikely and impressive in the Drake Relays boys long jump

 Harlan Community junior Nick Foss became just the third track athlete in school history to win a Drake Relays’ individual championship Friday morning when he placed first in the boys long jump at Drake Stadium. Sondra Rauterkus won the girls high jump in 1999 and 2000 while Steve Wegner also won back-to-back titles in the boys shot put in 2000 and 2001.

 DES MOINES -- Harlan Community seniors Gillian Streit and Allison Bruck competed with the best of the best at the 2017 Drake Relays this past weekend. And although neither girl worked their way into medalist contention in their feature event, both were happy to be a part of “America’s Athletic Classic” and firmly focused on their goals for the rest of the season. Streit finished 16th out of 24 qualifiers in the discus on Thursday afternoon, t

 DES MOINES -- In a race often dominated by large-school sprinters, AHSTW junior Gage Clay once again held his own in the Drake Relays’ 100-meter dash Friday morning. Running out of lane 8, Clay struggled a bit coming out of the blocks but recovered well to finish third in Heat 2 and place 14th out of 32 qualifiers overall. His time of 11.24 seconds - run on a cold, damp morning - was not far off the cutoff for making the finals (11.12) or his

 HARLAN -- The Harlan Community girls tennis team hosted three dual meets last week, winning 7-2 over Atlantic on Monday and losing to St. Albert (7-2) on Tuesday and Clarinda (6-3) on Thursday. HCHS is now 2-7 on the season, including a 1-7 mark in Hawkeye Ten Conference meets. The Cyclone girls won five out of six singles matches vs. Atlantic, capped by a 9-8 (9-7 tiebreaker) win by Taylor Andersen in a competitive No.

 OAKLAND -- Alex Blum’s penalty kick with 5:51 left in the first half supplied the only goal last Tuesday (April 25) as the Harlan Community boys soccer team improved to 7-1 with a 1-0 win at Riverside (2-5 overall). HCHS controlled the match from a possession standpoint, taking 32 total shots and 16 on goal.

 AUDUBON -- The girls and boys track teams from IKM-Manning and Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton battled brutal conditions for five hours Tuesday night, combining to win four events and place 39 times at the Audubon Wheeler Co-Ed Relays. The meet featured falling temperatures into the mid-40’s, a strong northwest wind and even some light rain during the final few events. Treynor swept the team titles on the night and took home a combined nine gold me

 HARLAN -- It didn’t result in a win, but the Harlan Community girls golf team certainly rose to the challenge late Monday afternoon in a matchup with the defending Class 3-A state champions. Hosting an Atlantic squad that returns five of its top six players from last year’s title winner, the Cyclones braved windy conditions and fast greens to cut 10 strokes off their previous-best home score of the year at Harlan Golf and Country Club. In the

 GLENWOOD -- The Harlan Community boys track team scored in just seven events and posted a season-low 18.5 points to place 11th out of 13 teams at Monday’s Glenwood Ram Co-Ed Relays. HCHS limited the number of events that some of its top athletes competed in and did not stack any relays against the likes of Glenwood, Ames, Sioux City North and Lewis Central. The Cyclones’ highest finish of the day belonged to senior Austin Smith, who placed fo

 HARLAN -- Monday’s scheduled Johnson Cyclone Relays in Harlan (April 24) were cancelled due to a shortage of teams. According to Harlan Community Activities Director Mitch Osborn, extremely gusty winds were also a factor in the decision to call off the Cyclone girls’ second home track meet of the season.

 ATLANTIC -- It took 12 rounds of penalty kicks to determine a winner, but the Harlan Community boys soccer team eventually emerged with a 1-0 overtime shootout victory over Kuemper Catholic last Saturday in the championship game of the 7th annual Atlantic Trojan Soccer Tournament. Following 80 minutes of scoreless regulation, the Cyclones and Knights went straight to the PK shootout and required seven extra attempts to finally decide first pl

 ATLANTIC -- Harlan Community junior Nicole Lange finished 4-0 and won the No. 1 singles bracket at last Saturday’s Atlantic Trojan Girls Tennis Tournament. HCHS placed fourth in the team standings behind Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln, Clarinda and Lewis Central, while Atlantic took fifth. Lange, who is the team’s No.